Type of Generic

[Mic Popolin]

Can I get the type of the generic using package java.lang.reflect?
Like:

class Boo<E>{
execute(){
//How can I get the Class of E ???
}
}

or

class TesteBoo(Boo<?> boo){
//What the type of '?' ???
}

Thank's

[Geoffrey Falk]

No, you can't. Generics are meaningful only at the source code level. They are not preserved in the class file. So there is no way by reflection to get information about generics from the compiled class.

This is called "erasure." The reason for it is to preserve binary compatibility with older compiled code that does not use generics.

Geoffrey